I have read 2 books about the first women physicians in the United States: Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell who brought women to medicine and medicine to women. Also Mary Putnam Jacobi who brought science to medicine. Because of these women we have co-education in med schools and they developed and demanded a 4 year (rather than 3 y ) curriculum for med schools. (They also demanded a class in basic sanitation) They all trained in Europe after completing their studies here. So many obstacles and somehow they established hospitals, medical schools, taught and raised money and published and fought back against the hatred they faced) All before women could vote!
What a great story! Thank you for highlighting the work of women and the spouses of many great men in history. This is one of the excellent aspects of your book, Spirit of Justice.
I think of Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple," the book on which the classical 1980's movie is based as the first book of a trilogy. Alice Walker is attributed for womanist theology. I've appreciated Dr. Jemar Tisby's shout outs for womanist theology. And I appreciate the highlights of women both in the "The Spirit of Justice" & during women's history month!
My late-father's HBD is this week. He died a hardcore MAGA-white “Christian” nationalist advocate a few months before the 2024 election. I honor my father with my love for him with the very actions my fam's banned from me over the years--truth-telling. In our white "Christian" nationalist former-missionary family, the demands for loyalty, gratitude & forgiveness, per their w”C”N definitions, ban what they deem as negative. So I write my racial autobio & resist against the corrupt-MAGA-regime. It's costly for many of us & becoming increasingly so. I pray & act for our younger generations; they’re watching & some are leading...shout out to the youth Dr. Jemar Tisby saw with signs welcoming immigrants & refugees! (When I heard it, I cried.)
It's sad that Frederick Douglass doesn't make much mention of her in his autobiographies. Very thankful for Rosetta's honor paid to her mother! Thanks for this moving post! (Side note: I think the stroke happened in 1882, not 1842. Might be a typo there?)
I hope to find more! I learned that my religious refugee-settler ancestors were enslavers in a northern colony; the enslaver part was excluded from the oral & printed narratives of our family history. FamilySearch.org is a free resource with access to search available records. I've imagined a digital overlay of the historical events during a person's life. FamilySearch.org provides some historical highlights with the age of the person during the historical event. (I like to fact-check.) Another census record showed my great-grandparents completed 8th grade (but my gma regretted stopping after 5th grade to help on the farm.) Coming To the Table, https://comingtothetable.org/
I have read 2 books about the first women physicians in the United States: Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell who brought women to medicine and medicine to women. Also Mary Putnam Jacobi who brought science to medicine. Because of these women we have co-education in med schools and they developed and demanded a 4 year (rather than 3 y ) curriculum for med schools. (They also demanded a class in basic sanitation) They all trained in Europe after completing their studies here. So many obstacles and somehow they established hospitals, medical schools, taught and raised money and published and fought back against the hatred they faced) All before women could vote!
What a great story! Thank you for highlighting the work of women and the spouses of many great men in history. This is one of the excellent aspects of your book, Spirit of Justice.
I think of Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple," the book on which the classical 1980's movie is based as the first book of a trilogy. Alice Walker is attributed for womanist theology. I've appreciated Dr. Jemar Tisby's shout outs for womanist theology. And I appreciate the highlights of women both in the "The Spirit of Justice" & during women's history month!
I saw this news article today; my lamenting & outrage continues: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5326118/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump
My late-father's HBD is this week. He died a hardcore MAGA-white “Christian” nationalist advocate a few months before the 2024 election. I honor my father with my love for him with the very actions my fam's banned from me over the years--truth-telling. In our white "Christian" nationalist former-missionary family, the demands for loyalty, gratitude & forgiveness, per their w”C”N definitions, ban what they deem as negative. So I write my racial autobio & resist against the corrupt-MAGA-regime. It's costly for many of us & becoming increasingly so. I pray & act for our younger generations; they’re watching & some are leading...shout out to the youth Dr. Jemar Tisby saw with signs welcoming immigrants & refugees! (When I heard it, I cried.)
Thank you for your courage and for your prayers for the youth that they will not be MAGA-corrupted.
It's sad that Frederick Douglass doesn't make much mention of her in his autobiographies. Very thankful for Rosetta's honor paid to her mother! Thanks for this moving post! (Side note: I think the stroke happened in 1882, not 1842. Might be a typo there?)
Yes, starting with the Torah, women have been ignored/erased throughout most of history - and now yet again.
I hope to find more! I learned that my religious refugee-settler ancestors were enslavers in a northern colony; the enslaver part was excluded from the oral & printed narratives of our family history. FamilySearch.org is a free resource with access to search available records. I've imagined a digital overlay of the historical events during a person's life. FamilySearch.org provides some historical highlights with the age of the person during the historical event. (I like to fact-check.) Another census record showed my great-grandparents completed 8th grade (but my gma regretted stopping after 5th grade to help on the farm.) Coming To the Table, https://comingtothetable.org/
Women are still leading the way...